Hostile note left on my windscreen

[Whatsgoingon777]

For the past week I have been working in a different town. It is temporary, and I will return to my usual workplace by Christmas.

Parking in town is very expensive, so I have been parking in a quiet cul de sac about a 10-15 minute walk from my work.

Every house has a drive way and I’m parked right at the end away from their homes, and there is always plenty of space for anyone else wanting to park there.
I also have a tiny car.
I would never park here if it seemed like I would be inconveniencing the people who live there. My car is doing no harm there and is in the way of no one!

Anyway I return from work this evening to find a note saying ‘TRY A CAR PARK’

It seems utterly pathetic to me, but they clearly think I’m in the wrong.

AIBU thinking about parking here still?

Nobody owns the road. You pay your road tax, you park where you like.

Sounds ideal! I will just move on now as it isn’t worth the stress or potential vandalism. I thought I was visiting a respectable area but clearly it’s a bit dodgy!

My generation get moaned at for wasting money on things like Netflix but heaven help someone who is willing to walk into town for a bit to save the extra £250-£300 parking would cost!

I agree!

I meant the end of the road which joins the main road 👍🙂

Also, people who write anonymous notes are cowards.

I am so sorry that happened to you!

That is appalling behaviour and you didn’t deserve that. I wish there was an easier way to find the idiots who do this sort of thing.

The people who are deliberately scratching cars better hope they aren’t on camera - that’s criminal vandalism.

OK, we'll you are not allowed to park near a junction either.
Also don't assume that a residential street iis necessarily an adopted road.It may be owned by the residents.

I live on a private road and the residents do actually own the road. Yet still entitled car owners think they can leave their vehicle here for hours on end whilst they go to the nearby station. We now employ a parking company to issue tickets and the problem has significantly reduced. We don't like it as the road is narrow and guess what - inconsiderately parked cars mean deliveries, visitors, carers, bin lorries, emergency vehicles find it difficult to park near the house they need to get to. We pay to maintain the trees, verges, pavements and road surfaces and don't want non residents treating it like a free car park. Sorry if that seems petty but people are more important than cars.

I already said I am not parked ON the junction either, I am clear of the yellow lines on the bend into the main road, and clear the 10m the Highway Code suggests.
There is no issue for cars to enter or leave the road safely.

The road is not permit OR private.

I am utilising the free parking here, but if it comes down to parking safely and legally, I will take the paid car parking option every time.

I find this behaviour pathetic. No-one owns the street and as long as not blocking any drives, you’re doing nothing wrong. Honestly they need to get a life.

I can absolutely see how that is frustrating; I would not park on a Private Road personally, and I do agree there are plenty of curtain twitchers and also plenty of inconsiderate parkers in many cases.

Maybe they have “got a life” and find their life is impaired by non residents treating their home street like a free car park.

Only if the residents are pathetic arseholes

I think they’re street NIMBYs.

We get this in our town centre, where streets are resident permit holders only 9am-6pm except on Saturday afternoons and Sundays when anyone can park.

This does annoy the residents, but then some of those same people happily go and park on someone’s street when they need to get the tube to London and want to leave their car nearby.

Most people are hypocrites, OP. You can safely ignore them.

But get a dashcam.

But OP isn’t parking on a private road?

OP might not be important to you but by the same token you aren’t important to her.

And I BET you have parked on residential streets yourself.

Its not being a “pathetic ahole” to not want non residents cluttering up your street for hours on end with their tin boxes because they cba to pay a couple of quid for an actual car park. Maybe that spot is used for an elderly resident’s carers or relatives or they are expecting a large delivery, or they want to be able to look out of the window and see the tres and gardens and not a load of cars. You've no idea as you don't live there.

And I BET you have parked on residential streets yourself.
not for whole days while Ive swanned off to work

Yes but it really is
You say you live on a private road so your situation is different but people who live on public roads and get the knock about people parking on them are ridiculous

Ignoring all their double car driveways, there’s room on the road for plenty of other cars, it usually is just me and one other parked car.
Plenty of room for a big delivery van too.

I am also parked with 6 foot fence on either side of the road to me so I don’t see my little car is spoiling anyone’s view.

We have a relative who gets blocked in daily in their cul-de-sac by non-residents parking (dumping) their cars without consideration for those living there. Bin collections are missed, deliveries obstructed and if a fire truck or ambulance was needed - no chance. So yeah, it’s not ridiculous if you’re living with the consequences of other people’s selfish parking.

Blocking a road is different to just parking on it clearly

I can't get my head around this sort of behaviour. Vandalising someone's car?!

I live in a quiet road and we are the last road toward the train station without parking restrictions so every single day people come and park at 7/8 am and go for the whole day and return between 6/7/8pm, not to mention the gym goers as there is a gym on the corner.

It is irritating in a way I can't quite elucidate but never in a million years would it occur to me to vandalise someone's car.

@Whatsgoingon777 switch up your locations if you are worried about your car.

This 💯!!

This is a really unhealthy attitude.

The public highway is owned by all taxpayers.

No one has the right to demand other people don't use the road a) legally b) for its intended purpose.